And the effects of city lights on nature. But lets start at the beginning with how we see light. When light enters our eye it hits the retina. And is received by photo receptor cells the socalled rod cells respond to light and dark the cones are responsible for color vision but we only see the light that actually enter his our eyes if you are in zambia wanted to know more. Light travel. During a thunderstorm or you see the lightning straight away but we hear the thunder. Thats because sound waves move slowly or as light travels super fast. 300000 kilometers per 2nd. It maintains that speed in space where theres a vacuum and it moves only slightly slower through the earths atmosphere but other media slow it down for example water in which it travels at a mere 225000 kilometers a 2nd. Light travels like ripples spreading on the surface of a liquid in all directions simultaneously. And in Straight Lines which is why we talk of light rays sometimes its even possible for us to see the. Ligh
A terrific question to lead off with and you know there are so many books out there there are so many programs online and cetera that really give out good information about what we should eat that we should exercise Pay Attention to our sleep but the problem is so many people end up with these books on the bookshelves and year after year they go on an answer and the reason is now we have to start paying attention to making making the choices so what we are describing in our new book brainwashed is the bridge between information and action really finally giving people 2 things number one the recognition that their Decision Making has been taken from them actively and number 2 how to get it back now full disclosure ive been one of you a big fans ever since your number one New York Times bestseller grain brain was published in 2013 it gave me and im sure many other people didnt know the agency to make a long lasting Lifestyle Changes but as you said in a couple of weeks youll have a new b
Action in terms of what all these 2 reference books are talking about in the same thing goes really for our mentality how we look at other people our next door neighbors people in another community and even people in other countries right now we look upon people around the world with fear with and us versus them mentality and this is brought about because of the way our brains are being rewired you know grain brain talked about the changes in the diet around the world and like you say a lot of people gain some benefit from now from that but now were really want to look at how we can change how people look upon each other and how we look upon our planet and almost all of your books are focused on the brain reaches far as i understand is not only in our house not only professional orica damage but also a personal of balance for you because from what i know you lost your father its your alzheimers now you keep referring to yourself as we and i know that you wrote this latest book with you
Relates to our ability to make good decisions im going to put forward a simple kind of understanding of 2 brain parts one is a part called the prefrontal cortex it sits up here in the forehead and the other is called the amygdala between the ears the a mega is like the child in the room its impulsivity its narcissism its us versus them it is fear the prefrontal cortex is empathy its compassion its thinking about the future in terms of what we do today thats where we need to make our decisions based from from the prefrontal cortex unfortunately when we eat the modern diet of our planet or when we watch the news or we spend too much time online we lock in to the a magdalen we lock in to the child in the room and were not able to make good decisions as i mentioned at the beginning of our time together while all the great books are there theyre not useful for anybody unless were able to implement or put bring action in terms of what all these terrific books are talking about in the same th
Understand is not only in our house not only professional orica damage but also a personal of balance for you because from what i know you lost your father its your alzheimers now you keep referring to yourself as we and i know that you wrote this latest book with your son who is also a trained doctor what he bringing to the table. Well austin promotor m. D. Is a Board Certified physician in an area called internal medicine and austin brings a very youthful very guard perspective of how this is extraordinary Important Information for his generation and really brings a an incredible level of science and knowledge to the project so what a what a gift for me to be able to share in this experience bringing this book to the world you know as as we have this conversation were getting ready to publish this book keeper in the United States and its already been acquired by 16 other countries around the world and you know we believe this is going to be an important game changer that we desperate